No deals in Veto Street NW assaults, robbery -- trial date set

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A Jan. 7 trial date is set for four men accused of breaking into the home of college students in early June, then beating and robbing their victims as well as raping a woman.

Kent County prosecutors last week said no deals have been offered to Brandon Towns, Dorian Jones, Rederick Melton and James Hodges.

The four men, along with a 14-year-old boy who is not accused in the rape, allegedly broke into a home at 646 Veto St. NW in the early morning hours of June 4, just after the occupants went to bed following a party.

Some of the robbers earlier had been inside the house and scoped out items they wanted to steal.

Once the house was breached, some of those inside were pistol-whipped, tied up and had guns held to their heads. A young woman was raped.